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Table 3 Mean age and expression of TAS2R and its subfamily

From: Lower expressions of the human bitter taste receptor TAS2R in smokers: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis

Variable

Non-smoker (n = 22)

Smoker (n = 22)

Independent t-tests

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t-value

df

P-value

Total TAS2R expression

11.36

6.04

2.09

2.81

6.525

42

< .0001*

TAS2R subfamily expression

       

TAS2R1

.55

.51

.18

.59

2.191

42

.0341

TAS2R3

.68

.48

.45

.67

1.295

42

.2024

TAS2R4

.32

.48

.36

.73

.25

42

.8074

TAS2R5

.36

.49

.27

.70

.50

42

.6217

TAS2R7

.64

.49

.09

.43

3.928

42

.0003*

TAS2R8

.82

.39

.55

.67

1.643

42

.1078

TAS2R9

.82

.39

.32

.57

3.391

42

.0011*

TAS2R10

.77

.43

.36

.58

2.657

42

.0111

TAS2R13

.45

.51

.18

.59

1.643

42

.1078

TAS2R14

.36

.49

.32

.57

.28

42

.7781

TAS2R16

.64

.49

.27

.46

2.542

42

.0148

TAS2R19

.59

.50

.14

.47

3.104

42

.0034

TAS2R20

.27

.46

0

0

2.806

42

.0076

TAS2R30

.73

.46

0

0

7.483

42

< .0001*

TAS2R31

.27

.46

0

0

2.806

42

.0076

TAS2R38

.59

.50

0

0

5.508

42

< .0001*

TAS2R39

.55

.51

.18

.50

2.386

42

.0216

TAS2R40

.64

.49

.36

.73

1.457

42

.1525

TAS2R42

.23

.43

0

0

2.485

42

.0170

TAS2R43

.41

.50

.14

.47

1.862

42

.0696

TAS2R45

.50

.51

0

0

4.583

42

< .0001*

  1. *significant after Bonferroni correction.